ktime_get_ns(9)

💅 ktime_get_ns(9) 💅

okay bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this page is literally ktime_get_ns(9) — it's the lil glow-up where the kernel hands you the current time in nanoseconds ✨. no cap, it's a tiny page, but every single detail is here.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ktime_get_ns — get the current time in nanoseconds 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u64 ktime_get_ns (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. zero. nada. not even a lil parameter 🫶

💖 RETURN 💖

the current time converted to nanoseconds. that's the return value, periodt ⭐

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file ./include/linux/timekeeping.h is the home base, and these are the related pages you should also peek at:

• ktime_get_real(9)
• ktime_get_boottime(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai(9)
• ktime_mono_to_real(9)
• ktime_get_real_ns(9)
• ktime_get_boottime_ns(9)
• ktime_get_clocktai_ns(9)
• ktime_get_raw_ns(9)
• struct system_time_snapshot(9)
• struct system_counterval_t(9)
• struct system_device_crosststamp(9)

and that's the whole vibe 💜 this cutie comes from the ./include/linux source, dated October 2026, and it's the ktime_get_ns(9) page signing off — byeee 🫶